Dorinda Cox (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will talk about the reforms that our party have made in Medicare and our investment in health and ageing. Our aged-care budget, and the announcements made by Minister Rae in the lead-up to the budget, is about our investment in older Australians. We're putting the 'care' back into aged care after years and years of neglect.

The Labor Party are responsible for building Medicare, and we will continue to invest in strengthening Medicare. That is our commitment to the Australian people. We have done that, and in my home state of Western Australia we have now made 14 urgent care clinics permanent. That is a game changer in our home state, is it not, Senator Whiteaker? For us as mums, when our children are sick, to be able to go to an urgent care clinic is amazing. We stand by this budget, and we will continue to do the work for the Australian people.